Tubéreuse

Tubéreuse Olfactory Description

It is one of the last materials which is sometimes still treated by enfleurage, as it has an unusual quality of continuing to produce oil for up to three days after the flower has been picked.
The blossoms have to be treated when still in bud and are literally worth their weight in gold. It takes some 1,200 kilograms of buds to produce 200 grams of absolute, making it one of the most expensive of all materials.
Tuberose releases one of the most sensual fragrances in the plant world. The flower known as that of sweethearts, illicit lovers, and newlyweds, it leaves in its wake a heady, unquestionably seductive scent.